Your savory Sunday brunch links:

• With no game until the Flyers come to town on Tuesday, the team has today off.
• Almost all of the team, that is. Marcus Johansson, Mathieu Perreault and Cody Eakin are pulling Zoo duty this evening. [National Zoo]
• Notes and assorted whatnot from Saturday's practice at Kettler:
  • In general. [Kettler Report, Caps Examiner (plus pics)]
  • Alex Ovechkin, Matt Hendricks, and the aftermath of a shot-blockin' shift. [Alex Ovetjkin, WashTimes]
  • When a guy with a knee injury takes "a step in the right direction", that's good, yes? [WashTimes]
  • Not-good: the continuing not-news about a possible not-setback for Mike Green. [WashTimes, CSNW, Faceoff]
  • Cookies! [Caps Outsider]
• The NHL agreed with Dennis Wideman and ruled that D-Wides' hat-trick goal against Toronto was actually scored by Brooks Laich's shin pad ... [NHL.com, WashTimes (and again), DCEx]
• ... and Wideman explains how it's all about the karma ... [CSNW]
• ... keeping in mind he gifted his other potential hat-trick goal to Nicklas Backstrom. Viking karma! [WashTimes]
• If you're going to slide a potential hat-trick goal to any particular teammate, Bäckis is a pretty good choice. And he's having a heck of a year. At the quarter-pole, he has nearly half of last year's points. [CSNW]
• Tomas Vokoun looks a bit more comfortable in his crease. [WashTimes]
• Dale Hunter has some unfinished business ... [WaPo]
• ... though it would seem he's begun working his way down the list. [Dump 'n Chase]
• Something something special teams something. [Peerless]
• Alas, the Hershey Bears' bete noir was in town on the night that Dale Hunter and Jim Johnson came up to check on the farm. [Patriot-News, SHoE, Caps Outsider]
• Finally, looks like it could be a very ginger Christmas. [Caps OT]